Shade mounting



Oct. 14, 1930.

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' BLANCHARD, 0F WAKEFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS lsHAnia; MOUNTING Application ined January e, V193e. serial No. 418,872.

Brieiiy stat-ed, the invention has orvone of` its primary objects the provision of? anovel shade mounting whereby eficifmtlightV con` trol will be had without interfering'with ventilation,-particularly where the window has a horizontally pivoted sash; Another object oftheinvention is to pro-V vide a shade mounting associated with a window sash whereby the shades and sash ymay be easily operated-and 'which will eliminate the necessityv for guide rods,' special shade brackets and the like. i

A further object of the invention lis to provide a shademounting'which can be readily applied to window sash, an'dwhich incorporates novel oarriermeans having a portion adapted to intercept and prevent the passage of light betweenv adj acent'shade rolls.

' A still further object of the invention is to provide in a shade'carrier, means for-'limiting the movement there-of andprotecting the window sash, shade. 'carrier and shades'againstl injury inthe event thatthe window is care; lesslv opened. v f

The invention also resides in certain novel features of construction, combinationand arrangement ofthe various parts, .and in modes of `operation,-all of which will be readily apparent tothose skilled inthe art upon lret'- erence to the accompanying drawings inconnection with the following detailed' 'descriplV a window frame and illustrating my invention in side elevation with the swingable w-i-ndow sash closed;

Figure 3 is a cross sectional view through a window frame and showing in'y Ainvent-ion intop plan; y J Figure d isa view similar to Figure 2 but showing the sash swung open; i Figure 5is a detail top plan view partly in section and showing the application :oiliny special carrier to the swingable sash`'-the ce shade roll being removed; j Figure 6 is a fragmentary `and elevational View showing the upper end olithe s'win'gable sash and my carrier applied; I Figure 7 is a det-ail view partly brolrenand partly in section showing a snubbere'lement. Referring specifically toI thev drawings, wherein'the same reference' characters designate the same 'parts throughouttheseveral views, numeral l denotes a window 'traine 'JJ havingf a' horizontally pivot-eo sash' `2' provided with pintles 2a and carrying vatits upper end a pairV of spaced angle brachetssecured as at Ll and serving as asupport"forthe'honn zontal portion of'a carrier plate5 whichfis 'i5 T-shaped in cross section.` The carrier plate' 5 has la head portion extending liateiiallytoward each Yside asindicated at' *5a 'in' Figure` 6. `The carrier plate .5"is provided a't each endwith'slots 6b adapted to receive the bolts 50 62 which clamp `the"p`la`te tothe brackets and also e'xtend'through thebase' portionsot the shade carrier" bearings {3Q-thea iolle'r shades being ,designated at"'7, Tal FiguresQ and 4 clearly illustra-te that a iineS is iehured S5* toV the upper shade 7 andpassed thi ough'a guide) at t'he top of the window open ingfioni whence Vit is'brought downand passed through the guide 10" of the' window sill'li from which it is led'upwajrdlyaindconncted 90 @M w 15H 'j CII to theshade 7." f

"" Itis believedto be plain thatthe two shades 7, @an 'bev'readny operated by nenn-f the single'line 8 rwhether thesash closed a'slin"Figure 2 onopen'fas in Fi'gurel.v The 9i shades will be clear ofthe sash and the head portion 5'c1 of'p'late 'teiiectually preventsfthe passage of light through. the space 'between the rolls i7, 7*; l""Furtlie'rmoife@ the 'YT-"shaped crosssectional formation` of carrierinember 5 1" gives same great strength and rigidity enabling it to be used for Window sash of great Width.

Figures 1 and 4 shovv that bracket members 12 are secured to each side of the Window frame as at 12 and are provided with offset threaded sockets 13 receiving the tapped end of a sleeve-like guide member 1d having therein a coil spring 15 Whose lower end is anchored to the transverse Cotter pin 15a. The upper end of the frame 15 is connected to the chain or other flexible connection 1G which is passed over the pulley 1"? carried by the Window frame and finally connected, as indicated in Figure 5, to the end of the carrier member 5. Figure 1 clearly illustrates that one of the snubber units `iust described is at each side of the Window. It will be plain that upon release of the Window the flexible connections 1b' with the springs 15 in carriers 141 will prevent the Window from jarring out and abruptly stopping to thereby prevent injury to the shades or Windows.

It Will also be clear that the sash may be swungabout seventy degrees from the position shown in Figure 11 so that the upper end of the sash Will be directed toward the floor,"- the springs yielding to permit this movement and maintaining the sash in the nevlv position since the carrier will be thrown past dead center and the action of connections 16 will tend to direct and hold the sash inward,

Having thus described my invention What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination of a shade carrier, means for attaching` said carrier to a swingable sash, roller shades having bearing brackets secured to opposite faces of said carrier With their axes in a plane substantially parallel to said sash. a ccmbined strengthening and light-intercepting head formed at one edge of said carrier in front of the shade rolls, a flexible connection having guide means at the top and bottom of the Window frame and connected to said shades for operating the same, and snubber means connected to said carrier member and adapted to be connected to the Window frame.

2. In a horizontally pivoted Window sash and double hung shade construction,-the combination of a shade carrier, means for attaching said carrier to a sWingable sash, roller shades having bearing brackets secured to opposite faces of said carrier With their axes in a plane substantially parallel to said sash, a combined strengthening and light-intercepting head formed at one edge of said carrier in front of the shade rolls, and a flexible connection having guide means at the top and bottom of the Window frame and adapted to be connected to said shades for operating the same.

3. The combination set forth in claim 2 and including a iexible connection secured to said carrier at one end and to a yieldable element at the other end, a guide housing receiving said yieldable elements and adapted for attachment to the Window frame.

1. The combination set forth in claim 2, and means for adj ustably mounting said bearing brackets upon said carrier.

5. In a device of the class described an elongated carrier member of T-shaped cross section, angle brackets adapted to engage the stem flange of said carrier-member for securing the same to a Window sash, shade roller brackets carried by opposite faces of said stem flange of said carrier member, shade rolls carried in said brackets in a. plane inwardly of and parallel -with the front edge of the sash,-the head portion of said T- shaped carrier member being disposed in advance of said roll and closing the space between the same, and control means for said shade rolls.

6. The combination set forth in claim 5 and snubber means connected to said carrier member and having a portion adapted for connection to a Window frame.

7. In a device of the character described, a shade carrier, means for attaching said carrier to a swingable sash, roller shades having bearing brackets secured to opposite faces of said carrier, means for operating said roller shades, and snubber means connected to said carrier member and adapted to be connected to the Window frame.

8. In a device of the character described, a shade carrier, means for attaching said carrier to a swingable sash, roller shades having bearing brackets secured to opposite faces of said carrier, a iiexible connection having guide means at the top and bottom of the Window frame and connected to said shades foroperating the same, and snubber means connected to said carrier member and adapted to be connected to the Window frame.

9. In a device of the character described, a shade carrier, means for attachingr said carrier to a sWingable sash, roller shades having brackets secured to opposite faces of said carrier, a combined strengthening and light intercepting head formed at one edge of the carrier in front of the shade rolls, .and means for operating the shade rolls.

In testimony whereof I afhX my signature.

VILLIAM BLANCHARD. 

